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Results from the Chronic Hypertension and Pregnancy trial found treating preexisting mild chronic hypertension in pregnant women is safe from both the mom and baby. Results published in April 2022 have since led to changes in national guidelines.
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The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides grants to study, teach and conduct research in more than 160 countries.
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New study indicates that StreetBit has the potential to save millions of dollars annually and reduce pedestrian injuries by implementing such programs on a larger scale.
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Selected students worked on research projects impacting the challenges that the global community is facing.
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Sami Alqahtani, M.D., spent four years as a primary care physician in Saudi Arabia before pursuing a path in public health. On April 28, Alqahtani will graduate with his doctoral degree in health behavior from UAB.
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UAB graduate and professional programs are well represented in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings.
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UAB gave Samant the chance to try everything from filmmaking and student leadership to cutting-edge research, and as she graduates with two degrees and honors, she will head to medical school at UAB this fall.
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Nearly 2,000 graduating students will walk in three commencement exercises in UAB’s Bartow Arena, which will be streamed online.
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UAB is one of 15 sites selected by the NIH to study the increasing prevalence of diabetes in youth, specifically in Black and Hispanic minority groups.
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Zhen Cong, Ph.D., will join NIH efforts to reduce health threats from climate change.
The Dr. David Satcher Public Health Leadership Endowed Scholarship will provide $5,000 a year to one student who graduated from an Alabama HBCU and is attending UAB for graduate studies in public health.
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As part of the CGI U, students developed initiatives focused on health, education, poverty, environment, human rights, poverty alleviation and public health, impacting local and global communities.
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For the Commission on the Status of Women, Padma is a symbol of resilience and the ability to “rise above the surface and bloom daily.”
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The trial will evaluate the effects of low doses of psilocybin on combating demoralization in broader populations.
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The federal mandate, which was announced in 2011 and implemented in 2014, limited acetaminophen to 325 milligrams per opioid-acetaminophen combination pill. Acetaminophen is toxic to livers at high doses.
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The 10th annual Rare Disease Genomics Symposium will take place virtually March 10 from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
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Published results show that higher cardiorespiratory fitness in early adulthood produces a lower risk of all-cause mortality later in life. Additionally, retaining good cardiorespiratory fitness through midlife reduces the later risk of death.
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Research funding to UAB from the National Institutes of Health tops $300 million again.
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The clinical trial focused on very young children, who have a more rapid loss of the pancreatic beta cells than do adolescents. The trial was constrained to a low-dose level, but showed safety and tolerability and reduced serum glucagon, a secondary outcome.
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The ASA has announced George Howard, DrPH, as the David G. Sherman Lecture Award winner for his contributions to the stroke field.
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